2017
Effects of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) on tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) and PD-L1 expression in the SWOG S0800 clinical trial.
Pelekanou V, Barlow W, von Wahlde M, Wasserman B, Lo Y, Hayes D, Hortobagyi G, Gralow J, Tripathy D, Livingston R, Porter P, Nahleh Z, Rimm D, Pusztai L. Effects of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) on tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) and PD-L1 expression in the SWOG S0800 clinical trial. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2017, 35: 519-519. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2017.35.15_suppl.519.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPD-L1 expressionNeoadjuvant chemotherapyNAC armTIL countClinical trialsImmune parametersNAC samplesBaseline PD-L1 expressionPathologic complete response rateDose-dense doxorubicinComplete response ratePD-L1 immunohistochemistryHER2-negative casesMinority of casesNab-paclitaxelResidual diseaseMean changeResponse rateLogistic regressionTILsBaselineEpithelial cellsHigh PCRChemotherapyTumors
2016
SWOG S0800 (NCI CDR0000636131): addition of bevacizumab to neoadjuvant nab-paclitaxel with dose-dense doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide improves pathologic complete response (pCR) rates in inflammatory or locally advanced breast cancer
Nahleh ZA, Barlow WE, Hayes DF, Schott AF, Gralow JR, Sikov WM, Perez EA, Chennuru S, Mirshahidi HR, Corso SW, Lew DL, Pusztai L, Livingston RB, Hortobagyi GN. SWOG S0800 (NCI CDR0000636131): addition of bevacizumab to neoadjuvant nab-paclitaxel with dose-dense doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide improves pathologic complete response (pCR) rates in inflammatory or locally advanced breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research And Treatment 2016, 158: 485-495. PMID: 27393622, PMCID: PMC4963434, DOI: 10.1007/s10549-016-3889-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTriple-negative breast cancerEvent-free survivalAddition of bevacizumabInflammatory breast cancerAdvanced breast cancerDose-dense doxorubicinNab-paclitaxelPathologic complete responseBreast cancerPCR rateOverall survivalOpen-label phase II clinical trialHormone receptor-positive diseaseImproved event-free survivalPathologic complete response ratePhase II clinical trialNeoadjuvant chemotherapy armNeoadjuvant nab-paclitaxelRole of bevacizumabWeekly nab-paclitaxelComplete response rateReceptor-positive diseaseHormone receptor statusSequence of administrationChemotherapy arm